[] Please don't hit me with sticks. Thank you. AHHHSLIIIME. []
My feet hurt like hell, I was covered in soot and I was half certain I was being followed by a mutant rat. The sun was starting to set across the ruins, Starscream still looked like he could still give another twenty four hours of searching, but myself.. I felt like a sack of crap. Finding a semi destroyed bench I sat down and took a breather. Starscream cocked a brow at me and folded his arms.
"Tired little femme?" He mocked.
"Yeah, I am actually. Can we go back and look more tomorrow? C'mon throw me a bone!" I moaned, having no will to move from the bench.
Starscream groaned frustratedly stalking back and forth for a few moments. The steady pounding made my head rattle, which was starting to give me a very nice headache.
"What? OK, let's do this. We'll camp out here and look at the break of dawn, deal?" I offered sitting up a little straighter. The jet stopped and looked down at me. He sighed and crouched down before me to get up in my face.
"Deal, but if you try to flee from me I'll rip out your spine and wear it as a ring."
"Trust me, I won't run in fear of other fashion sense you may come up with for my corpse." I huffed pushing his large face away from my own. Hopping off the bench I glanced around, not finding any real suitable shelter amongst the rubble.
The buildings around me where beyond redemption, they were overgrown with weeds and vines, some even had toxic waste spilling from the inside. Others were literally piles of rocks. I couldn't tell you where I was in the city even if I had lived here. Nothing looked right about the apocalyptic setting.
Finally I turned back to Starscream who wasn't watching me, but was staring intently up at something. Not sure what. Cautiously I walked up beside him, and he still didn't seem to notice me. Gazing skyward I couldn't see anything from the glare of the sun.
"What're you looking at?" I asked.
The Decepticon seemed a bit startled by my voice, hastily looking down at me then staring in some random direction.
"Nothing." He replied simply beginning to stalk away from me.
"Hey! Yo, buddy! Where am I going to sleep tonight? I can't exactly nap in a pool of toxic waste, no thank you!" I shouted up at him.
Suddenly he stopped, causing me to run into his heel. Falling back I rubbed my face.
"Oww.."
"Look." He said without speaking directly to me. "I'll get you to shelter if you would just... Shut. Up." His fists clenched with the last two words.
"Y-you got it boss." I murmured.
. . .
True to his word, Starscream made a makeshift shelter for me out of... well about anything salvageable in the area. So here I sat in my little compact box with a dirty old mattress, next to this campfire that took an eternity to make from soggy wood.
Sighing I peeked out seeing the clear night sky, where as if New York wasn't destroyed you couldn't see the stars clear and the city was full of life and lights. Now it was just.. quiet. Dead. It was eerily creepy as well, as if zombies could appear at any moment. Although it gave me some comfort knowing Starscream would enjoy shooting the brain eating monsters. Speaking of Starscream...
Getting to my feet I peeked outside and saw the jet yet again looking at the sky. He had been acting strange ever since we left. It was starting to bug me how much he had almost willingly helped me out. Call me paranoid, but I had every right to be on guard.
"You're so quiet this evening." I commented stepping out of the box fort.
"Shouldn't you be happy I'm not taking my wrath out on you?" He said offhandedly.
"Geez, you are in a grumpy mood."
The seeker huffed, turning to look down at me curiously.
"Why does it matter to you?"
"What? I can't show interest in what you're thinking about?"
"Yes."
"Jerk.." I sighed.
Suddenly I felt this feeling, this compelling feeling to be next to Starscream. To, honest to God, comfort him? Hell, I didn't even know if he was sad, upset, or whatever. But whatever reason, I stepped closer to the massive killing machine and offered him a small smile.
He blinked down at me, but didn't make a move to remove me from his presence. Instead we sat there in a rather comfortable silence for a while, just gazing up at the stars. It would have been romantic if we weren't sworn enemies.
"I've been listening to some of that.. 'music' from that device." Starscream said, breaking the silence.
"Mm? Did you like any of it?"
"Yes.." He said ever-so-softly, that I could hardly hear him.
"Which song?"
The music began to drift in lazily, filling the stuffy air with a soothing rhythm.
Maybe you'll think of me when you are all alone.
Maybe the one who is waiting for you.
Will prove untrue, then what will you do?.
Maybe you'll sit and sigh, wishing that I were near.
Then maybe you'll ask me to come back again.
And maybe I'll say "Maybe"...
It shocked me beyond belief, this big metal murdering machine had a soft spot for oldies. What in the world was going through his brain that he had would've liked this song?
"It's a really nice song.." I commented.
The seeker didn't say any more, I got the feeling that I should leave him. Slowly I retreated back into the shelter and settled down to sleep. Although I felt even more uneasy about this all.
He couldn't be becoming attached to me or anything... right?
. . .
"Get up you little nuisance! We need to find that shard!" Starscream's voice rang through the confined space. Moaning I rolled over and rubbed my back.
"Five more minutes mom!" I shouted back.
Soon the shelter around me was ripped away and Starscream hovered above me. Peeking open an eye I sat up calmly.
"Good morning to you too."
"Get moving."
"You got it boss."
And again we were on the move.
. . .
About two hours later I began to feel that aching feeling in my chest, it was faint but definetely there. Starscream was lagging behind me, and I could feel his eyes burning into me. I stopped to address hm, but he raised a hand to stop me from speaking.
Raising a brow I looked at him expectantly. He held his hand in the air for a few moments.
The seeker was knocked to the ground by some sort of explosion and smoke covered the entire scene. I coughed roughly trying to see my surroundings, only to be caught by something or someone and was being moved elsewhere.
"Don't worry human, you're safe with us." A voice said.
"Wha? Who are you?" I asked, finding it hard to find a face to fit the voice.
"The name's Sideswipe, but you can call me your savior!"
[] Oh wow, didn't see that coming did you viewers? Well it happened. YEH. I know, Starscream was totally OOC in that one scene, but oh well. I'm cool. Anywho, REVIEW! I'll be back again later. [] Song used: Maybe by the Inkspots.